Agriculture practices and traditional knowl-edge have been passed down through many generations of Ni-Vanuatu and are particular to different areas of the country. However, these methods may need to be shifted. Predicted changes to rainfall, temperature, storms and sea level linked to climate change may result in changes to planting, fruiting and harvesting times, pests and diseases, location of gardens, soil fertility and other inputs of agriculture products.
Developing countries, as a group, are the ones most
threatened by the hydrological impacts of global climate
change (GCC). This is true both because many of the
poorest countries lie in those regions where GCC-related
effects will be most damaging, and because their ability to
respond to harmful change is the most limited. The objective
of this study is to provide an overview of likely waterrelated
climate change impacts in developing countries, to
develop a framework for adapting to these impacts and to
DVD of a case study of adaption to climate change-work of Youth in reef conservation around Pele isIand.
Awareness talk on the health and hygiene of your families.
An entire Agriculture & Climate Change Assesment that had been developed by DARD. Also there is now a new food security and Agriculture Cluster for CC/DRR (Vanuatu Humanitarian Team)
Powerpoint presentations to promote awareness of impacts of climate change and practical adaptations.
| This course outline is in draft form only (softcopy). It is a "competency unit" being developed for us in RTCs (Rural Training Centres) in Vanuatu, in order to help trainees adopt technologies such as agro-forestry. Such techniques will improve food security as the climate changes. |
Climate change is impacting on food security and biosecurity in the Pacific region by degradation of
food production areas (sea level rise, salinity, drought), devastation caused by extreme weather
events (cyclones, flooding) and impacts on recovery time such as replacement of lost crop
germplasm and the need to import food substitutes. The aim of this project was to identify the key
impacts of climate change on the unique cropping systems in four small Pacific nations (Tonga,
Vanuatu, Kiribati and Tuvalu). Information was collected by the development of a questionnaire
Tri o wud hemi wan veri impoten risos
long yumi. Long ol tri, yumi save mekem
fulap samting long hem we yumi usum
long laef blong yumi everi dei. Plenti
man i depend long ol forest, bus mo ol tri.
Bus o fores i givim faea wud, frut,
meresin, pos blong fanis mo haos,
furniture, wud blong carving, handle
blong ol tul, mo planti moa samting. Tri o
wud tu hemi help blong reducem carbon
dioxide long air we I stap raon long wol.
Ol tri oli save holem taet graon tu long
taem blong flooding mo narafala kaen
climate change.